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Make an accurate retro digital watch!

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Now to the embroidery! You will need a file containing the embroidery. I have attached some files named "Watch 1342.???". All contains the same embroidery but since different brands of machines like different file formats I provide different formats - hope you find one that "fits" your machine.

The .dst format do not contain information about thread colors. The colors are just numbered and the actual color is picked automatically (and almost always wrong). The colors in the file are (in order): black, black, dark gray, blue, white, black.

This watch is set to 13:42. If you have some other time that you need to know with high accuracy you will have to change the numbers. This can often be done using the sewing machine.

Exactly how you load the embroidery into the sewing machine and how to embroider depends on which sewing machine you use. You will have to figure out this part for yourself.

Make sure to cut loose thread ends when you change thread to make sure you get a nice looking watch!
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